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Punk Friends

2016-09-08 · song · Hank · 1:36 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Pop culture (also: Internet & YouTube) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, guest or collab, on location

Hank and his band the Perfect Strangers perform a live punk cover of the Friends theme song, his part in Andrew Huang's project covering it in nine genres with other YouTubers.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Hank's warning about flashing lights and the Friends theme; band count-in before a crowd

00:00:13 — Live punk cover of the Friends theme song

  • ★★ Hank and the Perfect Strangers perform a punk cover of the Friends theme song live in front of a crowd. — 00:00:13

00:00:58 — Andrew Huang's nine-genre Friends theme project and credits

  • ★★ Hank says Andrew Huang is consistently one of his favourite YouTubers and is also in his band, Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers. — 00:00:58
  • ★★ Hank explains that Andrew roped him into a project covering the Friends theme in nine genres, so viewers who disliked his version will probably like another. (hedged) — 00:01:03
  • ★★ Hank thanks Andrew for arranging and producing, Slim's in San Francisco where it was filmed, the Perfect Strangers, and Wheezy Waiter and crowd members who sent footage. — 00:01:10 · Craig Benzine

00:01:28 — Sign-off and a closing line of the song

In the description and comments

  • ★ The description lists the other genre versions: normal by Landon Austin, ska by Rob Scallon, metal by Anthony Vincent, old school rap by Dan Bull, country by Taryn Southern, video game by Todd Bryanton. — video description
  • ★ The description completes the list of genre versions: orchestral by Craig Benzine, plus a trance version and a medley, both by Andrew Huang. — video description · Craig Benzine

Mentioned

Central: Andrew Huang · I'll Be There for You

Also: Friends · Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers · San Francisco · Slim's

Only in the description or credits: Anthony Vincent · Craig Benzine · Dan Bull · Landon Austin · punk subculture · Rob Scallon · Taryn Southern · Todd Bryanton

Also centred on Andrew Huang: I Have a Band?

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